Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Contributors -- Introduction Counter-Shock and Counter-Revolution -- Part I: Oil Prices in Context -- 1. Price Regimes, Price Series and Price Trends: Oil Shocks and Counter-Shocks in Historical Perspective -- 2....

Measuring Up uses new research tools and an interdisciplinary approach to provide the most in-depth analysis to date of role that governmental policies played in shaping levels of poverty, malnutrition, and inequality in Mexico between 1850 and 1950.

Intro -- Contents -- ‎General Series Editor's Preface -- ‎Acknowledgements -- ‎List of Illustrations -- ‎Figures -- ‎Colour Plates -- ‎Tables -- ‎Guide to the Text -- ‎Chemical Symbols -- ‎Units of Measure -- ‎Equivalence of Units of Measure -- ‎Monetary Units --...

Today's Mexico is strongly determined to become a full player in the globalizing international economy. It has increased its manufacturing output in areas such asautomobiles and electronics, and both corporate and government sectors would like to take greater strides toward being a full global...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Progress and Persistent Challenges in the Social Sector -- Political Economy and Social Network Analysis: A Two-Pronged Approach to Social Policy Making --...

Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1. Social Forces and History: Explaining Divergent Poverty and Distributional Outcomes -- 2. South Korea: The Historical Origins of Equitable Growth -- 3. Chile: The Historical Origins of Inequality -- 4. Mexico: The...

As Mexico seeks to boost economic growth, pressures on its natural resources and environmental outcomes may intensify, jeopardizing the sustainability of that growth and the well-being of the population. Costs of environmental degradation were estimated at approximately 5% of GDP in 2011,...